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Hampton University, formerly known as Hampton Institute
http://www.hamptonu.edu/

Taken from: http://www.hamptonu.edu/about/heritage.htm

Hampton University has embraced the principles of "Education for life" and "learning by doing," since its founding in 1868 during the days of Reconstruction. Originally opening its doors as Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute to prepare promising young African-American men and women to lead and teach their newly-freed people, the University has continually sought to instill in its students the precepts of efficiency, character and service to society-standards that continue to remain both timeless and relevant.


Founded on the banks of the Virginia Peninsula by Brigadier General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the 29 year-old son of missionary parents, Hampton became an oasis of opportunity for the thousands of newly-freed people gathered behind Union lines. With the aid of the American Missionary Association, the school was established to train selected young men and women to "go out to teach and lead their people," and to build a viable industrial system on the strength of self-sufficiency, intelligent labor and solid moral character.

In 1878, Hampton established a formal education program for Native Americans, beginning the Institute's lasting commitment to serving a multicultural population. Hampton's historic Native American education program spanned more than forty years, with the last student graduating in 1923. Recent initiatives have attracted Native American students to renew their ties with Hampton.

In the early days, support for the Institute came from the Freedman's Bureau, Northern philanthropists and religious groups, with the first classroom building erected in 1870. The first baccalaureate degrees were awarded in 1922. Two years later, the school's name was changed to Hampton Institute, reflecting college-level accreditation. In 1984, Hampton's Board of Trustees formally adopted a university structure and changed the name to Hampton University, which today represents the unparalleled standard of excellence in American higher education.


Emancipation Oak

Hampton's proud past meets your promising future…
One day in 1863, the members of the Virginia Peninsula's black community gathered to hear a prayer answered. Ninety-eight feet in diameter, Emancipation Oak was the site of the first Southern reading of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, an act which accelerated the demand for African-American education. The peaceful shade of the oak served as the first classroom for newly freed men and women - eager for an education. Mrs. Mary Peake, daughter of a freed colored woman and a Frenchman, conducted the first lessons taught under the oak located on the University's campus.

The Emancipation oak is designated as one of the 10 Great Trees of the World by the National Geographic Society.


North Carolina A&T University
http://www.ncat.edu/

taken from Wikipedia.org:
The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) was established as a “mechanic College” for the “Colored Race” by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina ratified March 9, 1891. The act read in part: That the leading objective of the college shall be to teach practical agriculture and the mechanic arts and such learning as related thereto, not excluding academic and classical instruction.


The College operated in Raleigh (Shaw) until 1893 when it moved to the city of Greensboro, which donated $11,000 in cash and 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land for its campus. The original course of study of A&T included languages and literature, mathematics, business, agriculture and military science. Female students were a part of the college from 1893 until 1901, but were not enrolled again until 1928. In 1915, the name of the College became the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina by act of the NC General Assembly. In 1967, the name of the College was changed to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.


The presidents and chancellors of A&T have been Dr. John O. Crosby (1892-1896), Dr. James B. Dudley (1896-1925), Dr. Ferdinand D. Bluford (1925-1955), Dr. Warmoth T. Gibbs (1956-1960), Dr. Samuel D. Proctor (1960-1964), Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy (1964-1980), Dr. Cleon F. Thompson, Jr. (1980-1981), Dr. Edward B. Fort (1981-1999), Dr. James C. Renick, (1999-present).

NC A&T is a historically black college and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System. The school colors are blue and gold. The school athletic teams are called the "Aggies". On the A&T seal are the words "mens et manus" (minds and hands), reflecting on A&T's early focus on agriculture and technical skills.



Well Known Alumni
Reverend Jesse Jackson

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.

National Football League runningback Maurice Hicks

Astronaut Ronald McNair (who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986)

The Greensboro Four (sparked the Civil Rights movement throughout the south) The Greensboro Four were a group of four black college students, Jibreel Khazan, Franklin Eugene McCain, Joseph Alfred McNeil, and David Leinail Richmond, from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College in Greensboro, North Carolina that, in 1960, sat down at an all-white Woolworth's lunch counter, and refused to leave when they were denied service. Hundreds of others soon joined in this first sit-in, which lasted for several months. In company throughout the entire protest was their white best-friend Hal Sieber, who easily recalls the events. Such protests quickly spread across the South, ultimately leading to the desegregation of Woolworth's and other chains. The original Woolworth's counter and stools now sit in the Smithsonian Museum, but a Sit-In Museum is being planned for the old Woolworth's building where the event actually occurred.

US Congressman Edolphus Towns (NY)

Al Attles (NBA Legend - Golden State Warriors)

Major General Charles D. Bussey (retired)

Lou Donaldson (internationally known jazz musician)

Brig. Gen. Clara L. Adams-Ender (retired) (first black Army Nurse Corps officer to graduate from the U.S. Army War College)

Elvin Bethea (NFL Hall of Fame - Houston Oilers)

BTB87

My cousin, KS



Greensboro four statue in front of Dudley Hall


Disclaimer: If any of this is incorrect, please just provide the correct information without being harsh. Just trying to enlighten and be enlightened. Also each day, 2 more HBCUs will be profiled.